Nouns1. (n.) equivocation, evasion; – a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth;

2. (n.) evasion, nonpayment; – the deliberate act of failing to pay money; – “his evasion of all his creditors”; “he was indicted for nonpayment”;

3. (n.) dodging, escape, evasion; – nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; – “his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible”; “that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive”;

4. (n.) evasion; – the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver;